Luke 16:1–8

And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had ^aa steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. ²And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward. ³Then the ^asteward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. ⁴I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, ^bthey may receive me into their houses. ⁵So he called every one of his lord’s debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? ⁶And he said, An hundred ^||cmeasures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. ⁷Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred ^||cmeasures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. ⁸And the lord commended ^dthe unjust ^asteward, because he had done wisely: for ^ethe children of this world are in their generation wiser than ^fthe children of light.